Archive for the Category: macOS (Mac OS X)

C Code to Lookup MQ Reason Code

November 16, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Starting with the release of IBM MQ v8.0, IBM included a new header file called: cmqstrc.h. The file description says: This file provides mappings between MQI constant values and string versions of their definitions. In the cmqstrc.h file, from IBM MQ v9.2, there are 342 subroutines for looking up the various integer values and returning […]

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IBM MQ Troubleshooting Common TLS SSL Errors

November 5, 2020 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just published a helpful support document called: IBM MQ Troubleshooting Common TLS SSL Errors. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6359069 If you are having MQ SSL/TLS issues then have a read of this document and follow the instructions. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Microsoft Java Developer Conference – Seriously!!

October 7, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Microsoft Java Developer Conference, those are words that I never thought I would say or hear!!! Microsoft is hosting a 3-day virtual conference for Java developers on October 27, 28 & 29, 2020. You can find out more information and sign up at the following web page: aka.ms/jdconf Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Java Method to Output a Byte Array in HEX Dump Format

October 6, 2020 Roger Lacroix

On StackOverflow, I posted code to output a byte array in a HEX dump format. I thought I should post the code here as a complete working sample. You can download the source code from here. You can copy the 2 methods (dumpBuffer & formatHex) to your general purpose toolkit and use them in any […]

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Time for a Bigger NAS

September 30, 2020 Roger Lacroix

If you read my old blog posting, you know I like and use Buffalo TeraStation as my NAS (Network Attached Storage). It supports Windows and macOS (Mac OS X) without any issues. My current Buffalo TeraStation III 4TB (Terabyte) has been nearly full for at least a year. I have been selectively deleting files and […]

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MQ Visual Edit and Reason Code of 2010

September 4, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Most users have to deal with many different queue managers in their MQ environment. If you are browsing a queue with large messages on a remote queue manager in MQ Visual Edit and have updated the “Maximum size of each message to retrieve” property on MQ Queue tab of the Preferences window to a number […]

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Stackoverflow tag for MQ Visual Edit

July 24, 2020 Roger Lacroix

There are many ways for end-users to ask for help with MQ Visual Edit. You can: Send an email directly to support@capitalware.com Post a question on mqseries.net Send an email to the MQ ListServer Post a question on Stackoverflow Now on Stackoverflow, there is a tag called mq-visual-edit that you can add to your question. […]

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AdoptOpenJDK to join the Eclipse Foundation

July 2, 2020 Roger Lacroix

AdoptOpenJDK project is moving to the Eclipse Foundation. https://blog.adoptopenjdk.net/2020/06/adoptopenjdk-to-join-the-eclipse-foundation/ The new Eclipse project name will be Eclipse Adoptium. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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IBM MQ information from IBM Developer

July 2, 2020 Roger Lacroix

Here is some IBM MQ information from IBM Developer that you might find interesting: Article: Improving your IBM MQ applications Article: IBM MQ cheat sheet for developers Article: IBM MQ Downloads for developers Tutorial: Writing and running MQ applications on your Mac Tutorial: Secure communication between IBM MQ endpoints with TLS Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware […]

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Simple Monitoring of the Current Queue Depth

June 4, 2020 Roger Lacroix

On StackOverflow, someone asked a question about determining when a queue’s current depth is the same as maximum depth. They were trying to do it from a script. While this is probably possible (I’m not a sed and/or awk guy), it seemed to me that they are trying to squeeze a fully blown up balloon […]

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